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A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

Analysis

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

May 10, 2026

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack on his own citizens

Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

May 11, 2026

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

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Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

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May 13, 2026

Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara

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‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

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May 8, 2026

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

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May 5, 2026

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

April 29, 2026

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi

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NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...

May 6, 2026

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

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Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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May 9, 2026

Activist Mike Smith

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

May 12, 2026

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

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Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget...

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May 12, 2026

“My son,” a woman screamed in Gaza

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Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

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May 14, 2026

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

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Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

May 14, 2026

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

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Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

May 14, 2026

Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma

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West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

May 9, 2026

Pacific media in action .

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Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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May 13, 2026

Rotuman culture and language

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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

May 11, 2026

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

May 15, 2026

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

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TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

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May 8, 2026

Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans

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Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw

March 21, 2026

The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

May 12, 2026

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

April 28, 2026

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Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta

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June 10, 2020

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

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May 9, 2026

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Pacific media in action .

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Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

Fijian Jone Vakarisi

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Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

MOST COMMENTS

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

Pacific Report

Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Pacific Report

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...